Hashim Amla: One of South Africa's all-time greats

Here's a look at the South African run machine's brilliant record in international cricket, says Rajneesh Gupta.

IMAGE: Hashim Amla is the only South African to have scored a triple century in Test cricket. Photograph: Dan Mullan/Getty Images

One of South Africa's batting greats, Hashim Amla quit international cricket on Thursday, bringing the curtain down on a glorious career.

The 36-year-old played international cricket for 15 years, scoring almost 10,000 Test runs and close to another 10,000 in limited overs internationals.

He is the only South African to have scored a triple century in Test cricket -- a record 311 not out against England at The Oval in mid-2012 – and is second behind Jacques Kallis in Test runs for the country (9,282).

He went on to top the International Cricket Council rankings for both Test and ODI batsmen.

A look at the South African run-machine's brilliant record in international cricket

	Mts	Runs	Hs	Avg	100	50	0	SR
Tests	124	9282	311*	46.64	28	41	13	49.97
ODIs	181	8113	159	49.46	27	39	4	88.39
T20Is	44	1277	97*	33.60	0	8	2	132.05

Performance in Tests

	Mts	Runs	Hs	Avg	100	50	0	SR
v Australia	21	1574	196	41.42	5	5	4	51.45
v Bangladesh	8	602	137	66.88	3	1	0	63.43
v England	21	1903	311*	52.86	6	7	1	50.69
v India	21	1528	253*	43.65	5	7	4	45.16
v New Zealand	14	1154	176*	60.73	4	7	0	52.43
v Pakistan	14	1146	118*	52.09	2	10	1	49.33
v Sri Lanka	14	727	139*	30.29	2	2	3	43.19
v West Indies	9	639	208	45.64	1	2	0	54.01
v Zimbabwe	2	9	5	4.50	0	0	0	23.68

Performance in One-Day Internationals

	Mts	Runs	Hs	Avg	100	50	0	SR
v Afghanistan	1	41	41*	-	0	0	0	49.39
v Australia	23	699	102	33.28	1	5	1	79.34
v Bangladesh	11	497	140	62.12	2	2	0	87.50
v England	22	976	150	51.36	2	6	1	87.45
v India	26	938	116*	37.52	2	6	0	84.96
v Ireland	2	177	159	88.50	1	0	0	122.06
v Kenya	2	85	78	42.50	0	1	0	102.40
v Netherlands	2	133	113	66.50	1	0	0	86.92
v New Zealand	19	744	124	39.15	2	3	0	77.98
v Pakistan	25	1047	122	45.52	3	5	1	90.72
v Sri Lanka	22	1143	154	57.15	5	5	1	91.00
v U.A.E.	1	12	12	12.00	0	0	0	75.00
v West Indies	16	1069	153*	76.35	5	4	0	99.81
v Zimbabwe	9	552	122*	69.00	3	2	0	92.92

Performance in Twenty20 Internationals

	Mts	Runs	Hs	Avg	50	0	SR
v Afghanistan	1	5	5	5.00	0	0	100.00
v Australia	8	180	97*	25.71	1	0	119.20
v Bangladesh	2	88	85	44.00	1	0	160.00
v England	6	288	69*	72.00	3	0	156.52
v India	5	61	36	12.20	0	1	127.08
v Netherlands	1	43	43	43.00	0	0	195.45
v New Zealand	7	219	62	31.28	1	0	123.72
v Pakistan	8	265	72*	37.85	1	0	132.50
v Sri Lanka	4	95	56*	31.66	1	1	104.39
v West Indies	1	1	1	1.00	0	0	100.00
v Zimbabwe	1	32	32*	-	0	0	96.96

Career highlights

First South African to score a triple hundred in Tests -- 311 not out vs England at The Oval in 2012.

Fastest to 2000, 3000, 4000, 5000, 6000 and 7000 runs in ODIs.

Fastest to 10, 15, 20 and 25 ODI hundreds.

Most hundreds (27) for South Africa in ODIs

Only South African to score 25 hundreds both in Tests and ODIs

Only South African to score 1000 runs in a calendar year both in Tests and ODIs.

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